R.I.P F-ZERO

[Gnac]

Luck said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

 

Well... a gimmick tends to be a short lived trend or fad created with the sole purpose of luring a greater market of people, generally who impulse buy. The Wii was made to lure people who dont game. It was created to simplify the process so they are no longer alienated from enjoying games. Sales show it really didnt matter, except for the Wii Fit, Wii Sports and stuff like that. Moms everywhere were going Gaga for Wii fit until Microsoft launched the Kinect. Gimmicks have no practical use in the long run. It gave the Wii a good four years before the casuals went to the next trend. Nintendo tried to ride the tablet craze and that failed because theres no multipurpose use in buying a Wii U tablet. Smart Glass is a gimmick itself as far as gaming is concerned, but it will be accessible to more people than the Wii U is.

Why does adding a second screen with touch capabilities has to be a gimmick ? Why can't it be classified as an innovative way to improve upon the classic controller ? It opens up possibilities to make the gaming experience more enjoyable, that's what fucking matters. Jeez, only by playing RPG's on my 3DS, it was pretty obvious to me that it does make the gaming experience better. Why do you focus on whether it's trying to capitalize on the tablet craze or trying to appeal to casual gamers ? What about the fact that it can enhance the core gamer experience when used right ? Still, in a perfect world, the Wii U would have both the gamepad and the horsepower of a PS4, but just cause we don't have that, doesn't mean the gamepad is a gimmick and can't add anything to the gaming experience.

I wrote some pseudo-code to explain the thought process:

 

if (user($company="like")) {
    $feature=array("awesome","system-seller","advantage");
} else {
    $feature=array("shitty","gimmick","fad");
}